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what is happening in syria? the un says they feel or there might be imminent crackdowns. >> i think the numbers might be too low. i think we understand the terror has really increased in syria, and we see them again at the center of this fight. the senior fought the battle against the muslim brotherhood. a generation ago, i think they are determined to fight this one in the city. he really believed that he can prevail. he lives in his own parallel universe. let me read something from this famous interview. when asked about the security forces, the man says, they are not my forces. their military forces that belong to the government. i don't of them, i am president. the government in the world is killed -- no one in the world kills its own people unless they are crazy or criminal. >> he says he can get away with it because of what the russians are effectively saying. >> absolutely. despite the fact that he has crossed the rubicon and kicked out to the arab league, he has said the united nations is not a credible
what is happening in syria? the un says they feel or there might be imminent crackdowns. >> i think the numbers might be too low. i think we understand the terror has really increased in syria, and we see them again at the center of this fight. the senior fought the battle against the muslim brotherhood. a generation ago, i think they are determined to fight this one in the city. he really believed that he can prevail. he lives in his own parallel universe. let me read something from this...
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i think of syria, where you have majorities protesting against the minority. >> that is the shape it has taken. it did not start out this way. it is worth remembering that the syrian uprising was almost identical to the one we saw in egypt, tunisia. the regime has successfully fought back by characterizing this as a shia versus sunni thing, and i'm afraid that is becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. but it is still a revolution in progress. there are still many steps. thank you very much for joining us. on the short list for person of the year coming in at no. 5 was kate middleton. if you did not get enough of her this year, do not worry. you will see plenty of her and the rest of the royal family in 2012. our royal correspondent has more on the and itinerary. >> the golden jubilee of 2002 brought up the crowd and took the queen and her husband to different parts of the united kingdom. the program for the diamond jubilee is said by buckingham palace to be even more extensive. the queen will concentrate on the united kingdom across four months, starting at the end of march, she and he
i think of syria, where you have majorities protesting against the minority. >> that is the shape it has taken. it did not start out this way. it is worth remembering that the syrian uprising was almost identical to the one we saw in egypt, tunisia. the regime has successfully fought back by characterizing this as a shia versus sunni thing, and i'm afraid that is becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. but it is still a revolution in progress. there are still many steps. thank you very much...
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what is happening in syria? the un says they feel or there might be imminent crackdowns. >> i think the numbers might be too low. i think we understand the terror has really increased in syria, and we see them again at the center of this fight. the senior fought the battle against the muslim brotherhood. a generation ago, i think they are determined to fight this one in the city. he really believed that he can prevail. he lives in his own parallel universe. let me read something from this famous interview. when asked about the security forces, the man says, they are not my forces. their military forces that belong to the government. i don't of them, i am president. the government in the world is killed -- no one in the world kills its own people unless they are crazy or criminal. >> he says he can get away with it because of what the russians are effectively saying. >> absolutely. despite the fact that he has crossed the rubicon and kicked out to the arab league, he has said the united nations is not a credible
what is happening in syria? the un says they feel or there might be imminent crackdowns. >> i think the numbers might be too low. i think we understand the terror has really increased in syria, and we see them again at the center of this fight. the senior fought the battle against the muslim brotherhood. a generation ago, i think they are determined to fight this one in the city. he really believed that he can prevail. he lives in his own parallel universe. let me read something from this...
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backed position on the unrest in syria is going to take on reports with washington's weight behind it that off eels it can get away with almost anything. a small country with gigantic ambitions qatar with a population of less than two million people embarks on an aggressive plan to shape the air war old playing tune with washington's policies in the region could target gain diplomatic weight it never had before they could tyreese feel as if they've got enormous backing and that they've become sort of larger than life as a factor in the politics of the region they're currently the chairman of the arab league and they've used that position to press for the most aggressive kind of action against syria could target became the first gulf nation to close its embassy in syria in july qatar is also reportedly funneling syrian rebels with weapons as it did in libya. the country's cheerleading rolling revolutions in the middle east and north africa has earned qatar cheers and applause in the west coast or is not only supportive diplomatically but it's also support of military. for the partnersh
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at least 28 people were killed in violence across syria today. in one incident, antigovernment activists said security opened fire on a funeral procession near the turkish border. and a syrian human rights group reported an american-born syrian blogger, razan ghazzawi, has been charged with spreading false information and trying to weaken national sentiment. in belgium, a man armed with grenades and an assault rifle launched a deadly assault on holiday shoppers in the city of liege. all told, four people died, and more than 120 were wounded. we have a report from martin geissler of independent television news. >> reporter: without any warning or obvious motive, 32-year-old created mayhem in this belgian marketplace today. from a vantage point above the shoppers he threw at least three grenades and opened fire with automatic weapons before turning a gun on himself. two teenagers and a pensioner were killed. a two-year-old girl is fighting for her life in hospital tonight. others are receiving treatment for their injuries. eyewitnesses spoke of the
at least 28 people were killed in violence across syria today. in one incident, antigovernment activists said security opened fire on a funeral procession near the turkish border. and a syrian human rights group reported an american-born syrian blogger, razan ghazzawi, has been charged with spreading false information and trying to weaken national sentiment. in belgium, a man armed with grenades and an assault rifle launched a deadly assault on holiday shoppers in the city of liege. all told,...
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god knows this crisis is very important and very dangerous syria is one of the security pillars in the region if syria is stable and secure its citizens would live peacefully and quietly today's events in syria however are quite scary people die daily and a number of cities are in chaos and on security some areas are peaceful but generally there are big problems in the country the arab league assumed responsibility for resolving this crisis and interacting with the conflicting sides let's look at libya where the international intervention took place and the arab states acted according to the progress there in syria's instance it was the into our big intervention especially on the part of the council states it was intended to resolve the crisis in the interest of the entire region i hope that we the arabs and residents of this region will be able to resolve our problem on our own and that it can do i understand you correctly that you're against any intervention is serious situation except for regional forces. you're right firstly nobody outside this region wants to intervene in resolvin
god knows this crisis is very important and very dangerous syria is one of the security pillars in the region if syria is stable and secure its citizens would live peacefully and quietly today's events in syria however are quite scary people die daily and a number of cities are in chaos and on security some areas are peaceful but generally there are big problems in the country the arab league assumed responsibility for resolving this crisis and interacting with the conflicting sides let's look...
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in syria in libya you know. this is a regular issue in these. media contradictions and to begin to really. try to solve these problems they are worse than power to. make these contributions was. actually. finally. my new technologies were used. on clancy's it's a mixture size of. violence against the peaceful so you know you mention the issue of hypocrisy and inconsistency here perhaps falls into line with what we heard today that seven syrian soldiers are being killed by army defectors and why does that kind of story fail to attract international condemnation like the government's crackdown doesn't like what we saw in libya. you know you already said the exercise in the overwhelming power. of the news technologies and the products are one side in this case to. me. but i'm. sure your money. now just today syrian border guards a stopped a group of vomit turkish militants from crossing the border now it's not the first time we've heard of foreign mercenaries fighting against syria's government all the while most of the outlets the news outlets tal
in syria in libya you know. this is a regular issue in these. media contradictions and to begin to really. try to solve these problems they are worse than power to. make these contributions was. actually. finally. my new technologies were used. on clancy's it's a mixture size of. violence against the peaceful so you know you mention the issue of hypocrisy and inconsistency here perhaps falls into line with what we heard today that seven syrian soldiers are being killed by army defectors and why...
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arab league and they've used that position to press for the most aggressive kind of action against syria could target became the first gulf nation to close its embassy in syria in july qatar is also reportedly funneling syrian rebels with weapons as it did in libya. the country's cheerleading rolling revolutions in the middle east and north africa has earned qatar cheers and applause in the west or is not only supported diplomatically but it's also support of the military. and we're very proud the partnership between our two countries is a model everyone's beginning to notice casa the u.s. went from once branding the qatar funded al-jazeera a terrorist channel to openly praising al-jazeera al-jazeera has played a key and leading role but qatar has come under increasing criticism from russia for its aggressive involvement in the affairs of other countries in the region last week a daughter airport the russian ambassador to qatar with two other russian embassy officials were physically assaulted by qatari customs and security officers when they made an attempt to confiscate the russian's d
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sanctions on syria and one sided pressure to work russia's foreign minister condemns the west for ignoring atrocities committed by opposition groups he says aim to create a humanitarian catastrophe in the country. and a russian convoy carrying humanitarian aid because of a service is stopped at the border of the being blocked by police from moving further into northern cause i'm a reporter is at the scene. international news and comment live from moscow twenty four hours a day this is. president dmitri medvedev has promised that all reports of violations during russia's recent parliamentary poll will be looked into he made the comments as he met with leaders of the parties elected to the state duma which is the lower house of parliament. has more now from central moscow. we had mcdade of the pools addressing the concerns of the election violations he once again reiterated the old those claims are going to be fully investigated though we also heard him talking about the pa the opposition to going to have to play in the need to miss saying that they should have a best say in the team a commi
sanctions on syria and one sided pressure to work russia's foreign minister condemns the west for ignoring atrocities committed by opposition groups he says aim to create a humanitarian catastrophe in the country. and a russian convoy carrying humanitarian aid because of a service is stopped at the border of the being blocked by police from moving further into northern cause i'm a reporter is at the scene. international news and comment live from moscow twenty four hours a day this is....
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sanctions on syria and one side of pressure don't work which is foreign minister condemns the west for ignoring atrocities committed by opposition groups he says aid to great humanitarian catastrophe in the country. crowds in the former ukrainian prime minister supporters have stormed the port building where you get to. a power abuse is appealing. international news and public life in moscow twenty four hours a day this is the prison to be treated video has promised that all reports of violations during russia's recent parliamentary poll will be looked into he made the comments as he met with leaders of the parties elected to the state duma the lower house of parliament on the sort of firth has more now from central moscow. we had mcdade of the pools addressing the concerns of the election violations he once again reiterated the old these claims are going to be fully investigated though we also heard him talking about the pa the opposition to going to have to play in the need to miss saying that they should have the best say in the team a committee of course we had all the elections un
sanctions on syria and one side of pressure don't work which is foreign minister condemns the west for ignoring atrocities committed by opposition groups he says aid to great humanitarian catastrophe in the country. crowds in the former ukrainian prime minister supporters have stormed the port building where you get to. a power abuse is appealing. international news and public life in moscow twenty four hours a day this is the prison to be treated video has promised that all reports of...
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you know they're in the front and russia is not fall in your world around this syria issue these said and took place on the same day as russia's foreign ministry criticize could tar for supplying weapons to libyan rebels in violation of a u.n. arms embargo the u.s. which has a military base in the country has qatar's backing for its ventures in the region with syria now in play washington is betting high on qatar has been put forward as the arab face on this bullying operation tiny qatar empowered by the u.s. is now playing big striving to shape the turbulent region in its favor the incident at the airport with russian diplomats shows what happens when someone gets in their way i'm going to check out reporting from washington r.t. . a string of attacks across afghanistan has killed thousands of worshippers this day most of the muslim festival. more than fifty people died in the capital kabul when a suicide bomber blew himself up as hundreds of people gathered near a religious shrine discuss the surge in violence now in the country i'm going live from kabul by former afghan and. many t
you know they're in the front and russia is not fall in your world around this syria issue these said and took place on the same day as russia's foreign ministry criticize could tar for supplying weapons to libyan rebels in violation of a u.n. arms embargo the u.s. which has a military base in the country has qatar's backing for its ventures in the region with syria now in play washington is betting high on qatar has been put forward as the arab face on this bullying operation tiny qatar...
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delta he says things he want foreign intervention in syria really have humanitarian motives. we know how the syrian people feel they're all against foreign intervention and we've seen what foreign intervention has done in our country in iraq for example and in libya recently it was a disaster so nobody no arab i think not only let alone the syrians know out i would welcome a foreign intervention but these people the so-called opposition has gone out of their minds i think they're just lost and they're beginning actually to lose contact complete contact with the syrian people it's the simple as that these people are desperate they want power they they of course they want to topple the syrian regime and they don't care about the country you know even if the country is destroyed as long as there is toppled as long as they. gain power then. they don't care much about their own homeland after all they've been out of their country for a long time and i don't think. anybody who calls so foreign intervention is actually inimical not only to the syrian government but to this city and
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well the arab spring was fast with dictators disappearing in egypt finally libya syria and yemen also witnessed the brink of civil war. protesters were driven from the streets by a massive military forces now we get their thoughts from that country's foreign minister who says they're bringing democracy and the rule of law to the gulf states was never. minimal offense or you have to start with the syrian dossier some say the corp counts of the arab states the gulf plays a larger role than it's intended to in resolving this crisis sometimes it even substitutes the arab league to believe its position can help be god knows this crisis is very important and very dangerous that syria is one of the security pillars in the region if syria is stable and secure its citizens would live peacefully and quietly today's events in syria however are quite scary and people die daily and a number of cities are in chaos and on security some areas are peaceful but generally there are big problems in the country the arab league assumed responsibility for resolving this crisis and interacting with the confl
well the arab spring was fast with dictators disappearing in egypt finally libya syria and yemen also witnessed the brink of civil war. protesters were driven from the streets by a massive military forces now we get their thoughts from that country's foreign minister who says they're bringing democracy and the rule of law to the gulf states was never. minimal offense or you have to start with the syrian dossier some say the corp counts of the arab states the gulf plays a larger role than it's...
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which has a military base in the country has qatar's backing for its ventures in the region with syria now in play washington is betting high on qatar has been put forward as the arab face on this bullying operation tiny qatar empowered by the u.s. is now playing big striving to shape the turbulent region in its favor the incident at the airport with russian diplomats shows what happens when someone gets in their way i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. also around the world tonight a string of attacks across afghanistan killed dozens of worship this is the mark of muslim festival of assura more than fifty she started in the capital kabul when a suicide bomber blew himself up as hundreds of people gathered near religious shrines the attack was the first major sectarian a soul since the taliban from a decade ago and another explosion in northern afghanistan killed for earlier chews day then a third bomb destroyed a motorcade in kandahar that injured three. there are clashes in the greek capital hundreds of protesting students marks the third anniversary of the teenager
which has a military base in the country has qatar's backing for its ventures in the region with syria now in play washington is betting high on qatar has been put forward as the arab face on this bullying operation tiny qatar empowered by the u.s. is now playing big striving to shape the turbulent region in its favor the incident at the airport with russian diplomats shows what happens when someone gets in their way i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. also around the world...
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sanctions on syria and one sided pressure work as foreign minister condemns the west. opposition groups the significance of the guns to create a humanitarian catastrophe and pave the way for foreign intervention in the country . and a russian convoy carrying humanitarian aid for kosovo is stuck at the border after the police from moving further into moving kosovo the aid includes essential supplies for the locals who remain isolated after several disputed checkpoints were seized by nato backed. off about fifteen minutes from now in the meantime it is next with a major sport. roundup . targeting. both sides aiming to rid. of all. faiths. while gave long. season leaders manchester city. english. a legend. announces his next life and a new computer champion. the first focal talismanic kept in the reach of us golf has defied injury and travelled with lokomotiv moscow to belgian side for wednesday's battle to decide the group all winners in the europa league while the thirty seven year old midfielder is lottos only daft with a fi injury the russian side now a fortnight afte
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security council for action meanwhile russia is defending its own proposed resolution on syria that the u.s. and its allies want to see changed what's goes into both assad regime and the position to end violence against dialogue while ruling out for intervention sanctions some western countries say they can't accept the proposal and that's because the want is known as despite thousands of army defectors claiming to be fighting to bring down a set and your mastery professor at the university of lebanon says the crimes of the government's forces are being deliberately exaggerated. well there are definite questions on the credibility of the syrian human rights of serve a tory particularly when it comes to the number of victims that they allege are victims of the government atrocities many a time anyone who dies in syria they claim that these are victims of the syrian government's atrocities you could say we haven't settled different function factions here working you have the united states and france and turkey and certain members of the league of arab states that of course are working ver
security council for action meanwhile russia is defending its own proposed resolution on syria that the u.s. and its allies want to see changed what's goes into both assad regime and the position to end violence against dialogue while ruling out for intervention sanctions some western countries say they can't accept the proposal and that's because the want is known as despite thousands of army defectors claiming to be fighting to bring down a set and your mastery professor at the university of...
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sanctions on syria and one sided pressure will not work russia's foreign minister condemns the west for ignoring atrocities committed by opposition groups so you have god said the gangs want to create a humanitarian catastrophe and pave the way for foreign intervention in the country . and supporters of the former ukrainian prime minister stormed the court building where her conviction is being appealed to you to machine who was sentenced to seven years behind bars for abuse of power while in office. what is part america's military withdrawal from iraq washington is still preparing plans to control the country's rich all reserves that's according to ranjit singh color he is india's former ambassador to iraq and that interview with him is coming up next here on r.t. . president obama has announced the united states will definitively end the war in iraq at the end of this month but as the united states attempts to get the military personnel and contractors out of the country questions still remain about the implications of this decision for security in the region joining me to help discus
sanctions on syria and one sided pressure will not work russia's foreign minister condemns the west for ignoring atrocities committed by opposition groups so you have god said the gangs want to create a humanitarian catastrophe and pave the way for foreign intervention in the country . and supporters of the former ukrainian prime minister stormed the court building where her conviction is being appealed to you to machine who was sentenced to seven years behind bars for abuse of power while in...
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sanctions on syria one sided pressure will not work russia's foreign minister condemns the west for ignoring atrocities committed by opposition groups several of said the gangs want to create a humanitarian catastrophe and pave the way for foreign intervention in the country . a deadly attack in belgium a man for his hand grenades and opens fire in crowds in the city of getting at least three and injuring dozens more officials say the attacker who died in the incident had served time in jail and was on his way for police questioning when he launched the assault. on a russian convoy carrying humanitarian aid for kosovo is stuck at the border after being blocked by police from moving further into northern kosova the aid includes essential supplies for the locals who remain isolated after several disputed checkpoints were seized by nato backed kosovan police those are the headlines for you here and. we follow the story of another former soviet state as a by john to see how the country has developed since the collapse of the u.s.s.r. that's in our special report next now with more news for you i
sanctions on syria one sided pressure will not work russia's foreign minister condemns the west for ignoring atrocities committed by opposition groups several of said the gangs want to create a humanitarian catastrophe and pave the way for foreign intervention in the country . a deadly attack in belgium a man for his hand grenades and opens fire in crowds in the city of getting at least three and injuring dozens more officials say the attacker who died in the incident had served time in jail...
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sanctions on syria and one sided pressure it will not work as foreign minister condemns the west for ignoring atrocities committed by opposition groups said the gangs want to create a humanitarian catastrophe and pave the way for foreign intervention in the country . and supporters of the former ukrainian prime minister told the court building where her conviction is being appealed. to seven years behind bars for abuse of power in. bringing up to date for the moment but with more news for us in the meantime we follow the story of former soviet state to see how the country has developed since the collapse of the u.s. special report next. since ancient times this country has been called the land of fire there are places here when natural gas bursts out from under the earth mixing will soon soil before exploding into flames it's a miracle of nature there's nothing like it anywhere in the world cash our country is called the land of fire. the first fortress tile is a pit here on the caspian shore in the twelfth century people build the houses inside the walls today this ancient district
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ok that's because more world news this hour now and syria's president denies he ordered the crackdown on protesters that reportedly killed more than four thousand people across the country since march but the future of the claims during a rare interview to an american broadcaster he said he's not in charge of the security forces and gave no three miles for violence a u.n. report accuses officials of the military of. civilians syria has been hit by sanctions because of the ongoing violence the latest from its former ally turkey. afghanistan is blaming it on base groups for a string of bomb blast that killed fifty nine people on tuesday president karzai is promising to raise the issue with the pakistani beat a ship that you have a tense relationship in pakistan's demanding evidence for the claims the most powerful of the three blasts targeted shia muslims shrine in kabul during a holy day of commemoration. a notorious italian mafia boss has been arrested after being discovered in an underground bunker in his hometown near naples. who'd been on the run at the sixteen years was given mult
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would what would you do about that, and also, we have over 4,000 syria descendents killed over the last eight months. what would you do to support those who want to overthrow the brutal regime? >> good questions. on iran, the only rational long term policy is regime replacement and we need a covert capability. i would focus on their gasoline supply, 40e% of the gas they use has to be imported, only one very, very large refinery, focused how to sabotage that every day. [applause] you know -- [applause] follow the reagan playbook. i would fund every group in the country. find the maximum amount of communications disability for the groups in the country, do everything i could to unnerve the regime and keep it off bans, and you would break it and replace it, and all of these studies, you know, it's amazing to me how little people study history. you know, the iaea says we're this close or not, but we were wrong about the pakistani nuclear weapons and wrong in the late 1940s. they got it used before we thought they would. why would you think we can relax? we know they have a program. we know
would what would you do about that, and also, we have over 4,000 syria descendents killed over the last eight months. what would you do to support those who want to overthrow the brutal regime? >> good questions. on iran, the only rational long term policy is regime replacement and we need a covert capability. i would focus on their gasoline supply, 40e% of the gas they use has to be imported, only one very, very large refinery, focused how to sabotage that every day. [applause] you know...
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and i think it would be a significant blow to iran to lose syria and to lose asad. we don't know what it would be like but it's worth the risk to break up the iranian relationship. >> i'm a student in rutgers university, the state university of new jersey. i would like to ask about people who have concerns about your electability tend to focus not so much on your congressional record but more on your, the accusations of past ethics violations. how would you answer that in the scheme of electability? >> i think nancy pelosi has done a lot to answer it. the democrats filed 84 charges against me, 83 were dismissed the only one survived was my lawyers had written a letter inaccurately and i signed it. the democrats refused to compromise. she was one of the three who refused to compromise. but i let you decide. if she was in the middle of it, how nonpartisan and just do you think the process was? on every charge the people have said recently, for example, did we -- as a phd in history did i inappropriately teach a course using tax deductible money? the i.r.s. backed off
and i think it would be a significant blow to iran to lose syria and to lose asad. we don't know what it would be like but it's worth the risk to break up the iranian relationship. >> i'm a student in rutgers university, the state university of new jersey. i would like to ask about people who have concerns about your electability tend to focus not so much on your congressional record but more on your, the accusations of past ethics violations. how would you answer that in the scheme of...
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a discredited regime is still violently clinging to power in syria. though the pressure against it is increasing dramatically each day. i want to condemn in the strongest possible termsthe assad regime's murder and torture of children that the un reported this week in geneva. deservedlyduct has brought scorn and pressure and punishing sanctions, not just by the united states and europe, but now by the arab league and turkey as well. continuedn,iran's drive to develop nuclear capabilities including troubling enrichment activities and past work on what the position that has now been documented by the iaea and its continued support to groups like hezbollah, hamas, and other terrorist organizations make clear that the regime in tehran remains a very grave threat for all of us. all this of people, all of this of people -- of people -- upheavel is causing new challenges for israel in the region very in this time of understandable anxiety, i would like to underscore one thing -- that has stayed constant over the past three years of this administration -- the
a discredited regime is still violently clinging to power in syria. though the pressure against it is increasing dramatically each day. i want to condemn in the strongest possible termsthe assad regime's murder and torture of children that the un reported this week in geneva. deservedlyduct has brought scorn and pressure and punishing sanctions, not just by the united states and europe, but now by the arab league and turkey as well. continuedn,iran's drive to develop nuclear capabilities...
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the average protester but the year that began with the arab spring is beginning with protests in syria or russia or protests in downtown new york and protests around the world. so, the arab spring protester inspired protests around the world and so we decided in the end that rather than pick on individual or even anyone small group, we would go for the larger. >> have those larger come in colossal change or the arab spring the only colossal change? >> a lot are still in progress so we could see colossal change in russia. there's mounting pressure on vladimir putin to make changes. even where the changes have not been colossal, they've still been quite significant. the protesters have changed the way we think of some of the big issues of our time. they've changed the national, international discussion around the economy and around dictatorship and around whether stability is more important than the people's right to choose. they've forced us to think of the world in profoundly new ways. and for that reason, we decided that the protester had to be the first. >> which is interesting becau
the average protester but the year that began with the arab spring is beginning with protests in syria or russia or protests in downtown new york and protests around the world. so, the arab spring protester inspired protests around the world and so we decided in the end that rather than pick on individual or even anyone small group, we would go for the larger. >> have those larger come in colossal change or the arab spring the only colossal change? >> a lot are still in progress so...